In Morocco

Le Marechal Lyautey, French Resident General in Morocco, is expected to complete his task of pacifying that protectorate by the end of the present year. Well-informed circles in Paris have it that the reins of Government will be turned over to a Civil Administrator next year.

Le Marechal Lyautey has for many years been identified with Morocco. From 1901 (when the then General Lyautey was instructed by the French Government to assist Sultan Abdul Aziz in extending his territories toward the South) to the present day, the name Lyautey has been interwoven in the history of France in the Shereefian Empire. He was appointed Resident General on April 28, 1912 (the month after the Fez Treaty was signed, establishing the French Protectorate over Morocco) and served in that capacity until December 13, 1916, when he returned to France to take command of a unit on the Western Front. Even during the War, however, his services were felt to be indispensable in Morocco and he was reappointed French Resident General on April 7, 1917, a position he has held ever since.